Slaveholders in Jamaica
Colonial Society and Culture during the Era of Abolition
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Published:1st Aug '09
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Explores the social composition of the Jamaican slaveholding class during the era of the British campaign to end slavery, looking at their efforts to maintain control over local society and considering how their economic, cultural and military dependency on the colonial metropole meant that they were unable to avert the ending of British slavery.
'a thoughtful, well-researched and incisive study' English Historical Review 'provides significant insights into the struggles between slave and free, settler and absentee, colony and metropolis' Slavery and Abolition
ISBN: 9781851969906
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 453g
224 pages